Bindery assistant vs stitcher operator

The differences between bindery assistants and stitcher operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a bindery assistant and a stitcher operator. Additionally, a stitcher operator has an average salary of $40,299, which is higher than the $31,370 average annual salary of a bindery assistant.

The top three skills for a bindery assistant include hand tools, collate and collating. The most important skills for a stitcher operator are machine operation, stitching, and collating.

Bindery assistant vs stitcher operator overview

	Bindery Assistant	Stitcher Operator
Yearly salary	$31,370	$40,299
Hourly rate	$15.08	$19.37
Growth rate	-	7%
Number of jobs	798	41,320
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 49%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	4	4

Bindery assistant vs stitcher operator salary

Bindery assistants and stitcher operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bindery Assistant	Stitcher Operator
Average salary	$31,370	$40,299
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $36,000	Between $32,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between bindery assistant and stitcher operator education

There are a few differences between a bindery assistant and a stitcher operator in terms of educational background:

	Bindery Assistant	Stitcher Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bindery assistant vs stitcher operator demographics

Here are the differences between bindery assistants' and stitcher operators' demographics:

	Bindery Assistant	Stitcher Operator
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 54.1% Female, 45.9%	Male, 74.0% Female, 26.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.8% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 8.9% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between bindery assistant and stitcher operator duties and responsibilities

Bindery assistant example responsibilities.

Accomplish on the GBC wire binding, including plastic coiling.
Assist in running production equipment such as the stitching and folding machines as well as shipping.
Bond fiber to cushions for furniture
Work on assembly lines collating time management and home office materials.
Set up, run and maintain stitching, cutting, and folding machinery.
Operate a paper cutter, folder, spiral-binding machine, high volume copier and an automatic collating machine.

Stitcher operator example responsibilities.

Manage costume crew and coordinate costumes during productions.
Fed magazine pages into pockets for stitching, load stacks onto pallets for shipping.
Assist in preparing and operating a stitching machine
Operate heavy machinery such as bobcat equipment and also operate and pave asphalt perform demolition work.
Experience with laminating, extrusion and multi-color printing.

Bindery assistant vs stitcher operator skills

Common bindery assistant skills

Hand Tools, 34%
Collate, 18%
Collating, 10%
Pallets, 8%
Customer Specifications, 8%
Newspapers, 5%

Common stitcher operator skills

Machine Operation, 26%
Stitching, 16%
Collating, 15%
Magazines, 12%
MBO, 6%
RAN, 6%